Off-Grid in Terlingua TX

I remember, shortly after we moved to our off-grid life in far west Texas, one day we had the radio playing, we could only get (and still only get) one radio station, a public radio station, we heard an interview, they were talking to another crazy off-gridder who lived south of us (I say crazy with the utmost of respect and love). His name, John Wells. I quickly discovered his blog and started following him.

This evening, while searching out material to write about, I found a great video, a recent one, all about John and his property & off-grid life. I have a lot of respect for this man, he did this all on his own, in a very inhospitable place, a place where mistakes can be costly, sometimes deadly.

I enjoyed watching this video, I learned more about John and his current life, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

John’s blog can be found here: https://thefieldlab.blogspot.com/
His YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/jgizmo

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